- Created PiperTTSService with pitch shifting (-12 to +12 semitones)
- Created UnifiedTTSService to manage multiple TTS engines
- Added engine selection endpoints (GET/POST /api/tts/engines)
- Added voices listing endpoint (GET /api/tts/voices)
- Added pitch_adjustments parameter to TTS generation
- Created install_piper.sh for easy Piper installation
- Updated backend README with multi-engine documentation
- Created comprehensive PIPER_TTS_GUIDE.md
- Added TTS_ENGINE environment variable for engine selection
- Updated requirements.txt with piper-tts and pydub
This allows users to choose between Kokoro (high quality) and Piper
(fast with pitch control) TTS engines at runtime.
- Created backend directory with FastAPI project structure
- Created frontend directory with React + TypeScript + Vite
- Configured Python virtual environment and installed dependencies (fastapi, uvicorn, kokoro, soundfile, python-multipart)
- Verified espeak-ng system dependency is installed
- Configured Node.js project with TypeScript, React, and Vite
- Set up Tailwind CSS for styling
- Set up environment variable configuration for both projects
- Created comprehensive README documentation
Requirements: 9.6, 10.2, 11.1